so my wife has a bit of a weird circumstance that I can't exactly find on CRA's website... I can't get a clear answer. hoping maybe there is an accountant or tax expert that will know?
here is the situation:
she owns a business (not incorporated, sole proprietorship). this business takes up ~10 hours per week and makes her ~$10,000 a year. she also works a part time job (3 days per week) for a large company and pays into EI via payroll from that job. I dont believe she pays into EI at all from her business income.
so basically if she were to get pregnant and go on maternity leave at some point, my expectation is that she would collect EI based on her salaried job, and her home-based small business would simply not factor in to her EI payout. If this is true, then my biggest question is: can she still operate her home-based small business and make money from that, while collecting EI/maternity leave for the year?
my gut says no, but then again her business didn't factor into her EI payouts as far as I know. I know i could just call CRA and ask, but i'm leaving that to a last resort as we all know it will be a huge pain in the ass.